In recounting the case of a lifetime, in a career that spans more than 40 years, Weinstock shows how judges overwhelmed with work yet keeping banker's hours, were repeatedly lied to and deceived by well-connected and powerful New York lawyers and firms who trade on undeserved reputations.

He shows the frequency and the facility with which it was all accomplished -- and the lack of penalty even in the most obvious situations -- as firms big and little cheated to allow the ends to justify the means.